St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-11
STRAY SUNBEANS.

President CT EvELAND says that Washing
ton is the greatest place for SCATTERING ideals
that he was ever in. The president hasn't
been in a great many places, but that doesn't
make his criticism any the less true. Wash
lngton is great place for shattering ideals
because all the ideal people congregate there.
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There are but few of our ideally great men
who pan out according to our expectations
when brought in personal contact with them.
Denver boy of 10 years old accompanied
his father to Washington to witness the in
aueuration of President GARFIELD. When
the new president stepped into public view to
deliver his inaugural. the boy, after making
careful observation, turned to his father
with the remark, "Why, papa, he is only q
man.
AND thus we find our ideal statesman are, for
the most part, only men, and many of them of
the most ordinary human ype, after we have
come to know them. A gentleman sat in the
senate gallery and heard Mr.. WEBsTER'S great
exposition of the constitution. To his mind
DANIEL WEBSTER was the worlds ideal
statesman. The same gentleman afterwards
heard Mr.. WEBsTER'S maudlin after dinner
speech, when a friend tugged the orators
coat tail and suggested that he say something
about the public debt. damn the public
debt roared the inebrated statesman, s.tell
me much how it is and I'll pay it myself" at
the same time ramming his hand into his
trousers pocket and pulling out an empty
wallet. AT that moment WEBSTER, the ideal,
was shattered in the gentleman's estimation.
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A DISTINGUISHED lawyer, who is an excel
lent judge of men, once said to the writer of
SunbeamS that he had never met with but
two great Americans who, on personal
acquaintance. came fully up to his precon-
ceived ideas of the men. They were Secre-
tary BAYARD and Judge GRoEsBECK. OF Ohio.
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There is something pathetic in the story,
which has been related in the columns of the
GLOBE. of poor demented Norwegian girl,
without hoEie or relatives, wandering around
without any definite idea of what she is seeking
for. The girl was brought back from another
city and placed in home for girls in this
city, from which she again strayed away, and
is still on her wanderings.
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The pathetic part of it is that this should
occur in land which is full of churches and
charitable institutions and insane asylums,
and yet lunatics who have no immediate
them. When such things can occur it looks
as if there was screw loose in our system
of charities
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Even more pathetic story comes from
Louisville of two young women who resolved
to abandon life of shame, and prayed for
admission to the Home of the Eriendless in
that city. The place was overcrowded, and
they were turned away. No one else offered
to take them up, and at last in despair, they
were compelled to go back to their sinful
abodes. And yet that occurred in city with
100 churches and any number of charitable
societies.
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Madame PATTI, who is childess has an
nounced her intention to formally adopt her
niece, Miss CARLINA PATTI, and to make her
the heiress of her estate, including the
jewelrY and castle in Wales. The young lady,
who is at present living in New Orleans, has
been notified to meet her aunt in ST. Louis
next Saturday, prepared to return with her
to Europe.
Miss CARLINA PATTI is just Is years old
and is the daughter of CARLO PATTI, ADB-
LINA's brother. who was q wel-known or
chestra leader in the Crescent city fifteen or
twenty years ago. MISS CARLTNA'S mother
was the daughter of an old Creole merchant
| in New Orleans, whose family strongly op-
| posed the marriage with CARLO. The young
lady has been carefully raised and educated,
and is described as beautiful promise of
| charming womanhood.
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| o. F. CARVER, of St. Cloud, says that he in
| terviewed ADELINA PATTI in Chicago thirty
four years ago, when she was little girl
travelling with the OLE BULL Concert COM
pany. When he told PATTI that he thought
| JENNY LIND could beat her singing the en-
bryonic diva replied, in tone Of rufiled tenn.
per, "Oh. yes, i know why you think JENNY
LIND can sing better than I. It's because she
has got red hair just like you."
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1.-THE School Marm'' is the frequent theme
| of editorial discussion in our exchanges. This
| is evidence of the dearth of news IT was
! always so. Whenever people have nothing
else to talk about they fall to discussing the
| school marin.
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| FRED GRANT is writing "reminiscences for